The ban by Indonesia, its biggest supplier, led to a surge in the price of sand, used in both concrete and land-reclamation.

新加坡最大的供应商印尼禁止沙子的出口，导致的沙价格的极速上涨，这些沙子可用于混泥土或农垦。

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Land reclamation continued, and between 1590 and 1665, almost 100,000 hectares were reclaimed from the wetland areas of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland.

人们继续开垦土地，1590年到1665年之间，几乎有10万公顷的土地是从荷兰、泽兰和弗里斯兰的湿地开垦而来。

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Spartina has been transplanted to England and to New Zealand for land reclamation and shoreline stabilization.

大米草已经被移植到英格兰和新西兰进行土地复垦和海岸线加固。

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In Chiba, Miss Domoto wants to cancel a land-reclamation project that Tokyo's bureaucrats have been pushing for nearly 30 years.

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In the past, the principality has eased its property shortage with land-reclamation projects, including a major program led by Prince Rainier in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Referendums have prompted public hearings on controversial decisions, a procedure that the construction ministry this week made mandatory for land-reclamation projects, which may have an effect on the wider environment.

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